Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced that its second LED chip-production facility, located in Penang, Malaysia, is now in full operation. Two years after the ground-breaking ceremony in July 2007 (see www.ledsmagazine.com/news/4/7/21), the last installation work has been completed and the test phase successfully concluded in what Osram describes as “the world’s most modern LED chip production plant.” The new plant complements the company’s main production facility in Regensburg, Germany, which was expanded in 2008 (see www.ledsmagazine.com/news/5/4/9).
LED maker Cree Inc. has agreed to purchase a 592,000-sq.ft. facility in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China, which will be the company’s first chip-production facility outside North America. The new facility will be used to make high-brightness and lighting-class LED chips, although epitaxial wafer growth will not be carried out at the new plant. Chip production is likely to commence in mid-to-late 2010. The new facility will also enable future expansion of components manufacturing.
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